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Paleontologists
________ use certain anatomical features when they try to determine if a fossil is a hominin.
Centipedes
________ have a pair of appendages on almost every segment and are carnivorous.
Millipedes
________ have two pairs of legs on most segments and are herbivorous.
Flukes
________ are all endoparasites of various vertebrates and have an oral sucker and at least one other sucker used for attachment to the host.
Arachnids
________ are a group of arthropods that include spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, and harvestmen.
Intervertebral Discs
________ are remnants of the notochord and are compressible, cartilaginous pads between the vertebrae.
Roundworms
________ are generally colorless, less than 5 cm long, and occur almost everywhere.
Monotremes
________ and marsupials represent some of the earliest mammalian groups.
Mammary Glands
________ enable females to nurse their young without leaving them to find food.
Corals
________ form symbiotic relationships with photosynthetic protists called dinoflagellates.
Water Pollution
________ and human- made chemicals have caused a drastic reduction in amphibian populations worldwide.
Koalas
________ are tree- climbing browsers, and kangaroos are grazers.
Tyrannosaurus Rex
________ was a carnivore and was 5 m (16 feet) tall when standing on its hind legs.
Central Cavity
The beating of the flagella produces water currents that flow through the pores into the ________ and out through the osculum.
Radula
________: an organ that bears many rows of teeth and is used to obtain food.
Metamorphosis
________ produces sessile adults with numerous cilia that move water into the pharynx and out numerous gill slits, the only chordate characteristic that remains in the adult.
Cnidarians
________ have two germ layers during development (ectoderm and endoderm) and a tissue level of organization as adults.
Annelids
________ are segmented worms with a well- developed coelom.
Genetic Data
________ are now used to determine relationships among birds.
Oligochaetes
________ have few setae and include earthworms.
Molluscs
________ have economic importance as a source of food and pearls.
Echinoderms
________ are important in many ways, such as being eaten by fishes and sea otters and being favored for embryological research by scientists.
Horseshoe Crabs
________ are valuable in medical science for their blood cells extract.
Chimpanzees
________ have a brain size of about 400 cubic centimeters (cc), and modern humans have a brain size of about 1, 360 cc.
Polychaetes
________ have many setae that help them anchor or move.
Pinworm
________ and hookworm infections are more common in the United States, with hookworm being very debilitating as the worms attach to the intestinal wall and feed on blood.
Digestive Tract
The ________ is complete with both a mouth and an anus.
Clam Worms
________ are predators with a well- defined head region.
Free Living Flatworms
________, called planarians, have a ladder- like nervous system, cephalization, and three muscle layers.
Scorpions
________ are among the oldest terrestrial arthropods and are nocturnal, spending most of the day hidden under a log or rock.
Marsupial Young
________ develop inside the female's body but are born in an immature condition.
Crustaceans
________ play a vital role in the food chain, with krill being a major source of food for baleen whales, sea birds, and seals.
Protostomes
________ are divided into subgroups: lophotrochozoans and ecdysozoans.
Insects
________ are the largest group of arthropods and are adapted to an active life on land.
Tapeworms
________ are endoparasites of various vertebrates, including humans.
Brachiosaurus
________ was an herbivore and was about 23 m (75 feet) long and 17 m (56 feet) tall.
Amniotic Egg
The ________ made development on land possible and eliminated the need for a water environment during development.
Hominin
________ refers to our species, Homo sapiens, and our close humanlike ancestors.
Skates
________ and rays are rather flat fishes that live partly buried in the sand and feed on mussels and clams.
H Erectus
________ first appeared in Africa and then migrated to Asia and Europe.
Spiders
________ have a narrow waist that separates the cephalothorax from the abdomen and inject venom into their prey before digesting it externally.
Ticks
________ and mites are parasites that feed on vertebrates, with ________ sometimes transmitting diseases such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease.
Bivalves
________: are called ________ because of the two parts of their shells.
Lampreys
________ are parasites that use their round mouth as a sucker to attach to another fish and tap into its circulatory system.
Invertebrates
Animals without a backbone are called __________.
Germ Layers
The three ________ in animals are the ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm.
Radial
Animals with body parts arranged in a circular pattern have __________ symmetry.
Cephalization
The concentration of sense organs and nervous tissue at the front of an animal's body is called __________.
Bilateral
Animals with body parts arranged on either side of a central axis have __________ symmetry.
Protostomes
Animals whose mouth develops from the blastopore are called __________.
Pseudocoelomates
Animals with a body cavity that is not fully lined with mesoderm are called __________.
Sponges
Animals that are filter feeders and have no tissues or organs are called __________.
Cnidarians
Animals that have stinging cells and radial symmetry are called __________.
Planarians
Flatworms that can regenerate their body parts are called __________.
Hermaphrodites
Animals that have both male and female reproductive organs are called __________.
Molluscs
Soft-bodied animals with a hard shell are called __________.
Cephalopods
Molluscs with a highly developed nervous system and a radula are called __________.
Bivalves
Molluscs with two shells that are hinged together are called __________.
Roundworms
Long, thin worms with a pseudocoelom are called __________.
Crustaceans
Animals with a hard exoskeleton, segmented bodies, and two pairs of antennae are called __________.
Arachnids
Animals with eight legs, a body divided into two parts, and chelicerae are called __________.
Insects
Animals with six legs, a three-part body, and a pair of antennae are called __________.
Echinoderms
Animals with a spiny skin, a water vascular system, and radial symmetry are called __________.
Amphibians
Animals that can live both in water and on land are called __________.
Reptiles
Animals with scales, a three-chambered heart, and a cloaca are called __________.
Mammals
Animals that give birth to live young and nurse their young with milk are called __________.
Placental Mammals
Mammals that have a placenta, which allows the developing embryo to exchange nutrients and waste with the mother's blood, are called __________.
Prosimians
Primates that are more closely related to lemurs than to monkeys or apes are called __________.
Anthropoids
Primates that have forward-facing eyes, binocular vision, and a large brain are called __________.
Hominid
A member of the taxonomic family Hominidae, which includes humans, extinct bipedal apes, and their ancestors, is called a __________.
Hominin
A member of the tribe Hominini, which includes humans, extinct bipedal apes, and their ancestors, is called a __________.
Australopithecines
A group of extinct bipedal apes that lived in Africa between 4.2 and 1.2 million years ago are called __________.
Homo Habilis
The earliest known species of the genus Homo, which lived in Africa between 2.4 and 1.4 million years ago, is called __________.
Homo Erectus
A species of the genus Homo that lived in Africa, Asia, and Europe between 1.8 and 0.5 million years ago is called __________.
Neandertals
A species of archaic humans that lived in Europe and Asia between 400,000 and 30,000 years ago are called __________.
Denisovans
A group of archaic humans that lived in Siberia and Southeast Asia between 150,000 and 40,000 years ago are called __________.
Cro-Magnons
A group of modern humans that lived in Europe between 45,000 and 10,000 years ago are called __________.